Sweets during Lent are one of our weakest points. Because most desserts contain milk, eggs, butter. But it’s hard to live without sweets for 5 weeks. Therefore, you need to pay attention to dried fruits: dates, raisins, prunes, dried cherries and cranberries. They can perfectly diversify our diet and give us the energy we need before the New Year holidays. Along with dried fruit, we suggest using maple syrup, coconut sugar and oatmeal. Then the dishes will turn out to be the most healthy and tasty. We present 4 interesting options:
Apricots baked with caramel and cinnamon
Recipe by Sergei Eroshenko, chef and owner of the restaurant “Honest Kitchen”
Apricots baked with caramel and cinnamon Photo: Restaurant “Honest Kitchen”
200 g apricots
5 g cinnamon
70 g caramel
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3 g mint
Martini - to taste
Step 1. Remove the pits from the apricots.
Step 2: Pour the martini over the top and bake until soft.
Step 3. After this, add the cinnamon stick and vanilla, pour over the caramel and place in the oven for another 2 minutes.
Step 4. Before serving, decorate with a mint leaf.
Beneficial features
Apricot fruits contain many vitamins (especially provitamin A - carotene, the amount of which is comparable to that in egg whites and butter), pectins, carbohydrates, minerals (especially potassium) and some other useful chemical compounds. Apricot fruits stimulate hematopoiesis and are an effective remedy for the treatment of anemia: 100 g of these fruits have the same effect on hematopoiesis as 250 g of fresh liver.
Apricot is widely used in therapeutic diets for patients with cardiovascular diseases; at the same time, eating its fruits prevents the absorption of radioactive potassium and cesium in the intestines. However, apricot is contraindicated for patients with diabetes.
Oat cookies
Recipe by Alexandra Novikova, head of the Chefshows by Novikov studio and founder of the How To Green project, Alexander Novikov
Photo: Culinary school Chefshows by Novikov
170 g gluten-free oatmeal
100 g amaranth flour
3 g baking powder
60 g of any dried fruits
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3 g cinnamon
1 g vanilla
70 ml melted coconut oil
64 g coconut sugar
Step 1: Place all dry ingredients except dried fruit in a large bowl and mix thoroughly. Add almond milk and coconut oil. Mix everything well again. Add dried fruits and mix again.
Step 2. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Line a baking sheet with parchment.
Step 3. Use a tablespoon or your hands to form round cookies, place them on a baking sheet and press them lightly with your hand.
Step 4. Bake at 180°C for 18-20 minutes.
Home cooking
Homemade desserts without baking are prepared quickly, look impressive, and always turn out delicious. In summer, during the season of fruits and berries, they are especially in demand. There are thousands of dessert recipes, you can experiment endlessly and choose what you like best. I offer a simple dessert made from sponge wafers (they can be replaced with any sponge biscuits), fresh apricots and apricot custard. From similar favorite desserts follow the links: apricot lavash rolls, strawberry dessert, raspberry tiramisu.
Ingredients: for two servings
- Biscuit wafers - 2 pieces (or 100 grams of biscuit cookies)
- Apricots - 4 pieces + 3 pieces for decoration
- Milk – 250 ml
- Starch - 2 tablespoons
- Vanillin – 1 gram (sachet)
- Sugar - 3-4 tablespoons
- Vegetable oil - half a tablespoon
- Cinnamon - a pinch, optional
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